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Elves of Middle-earth — The Firstborn, waking beneath the stars, remembering a world before this one.
Race overviewShowing 10 of 10 figures in Elves
Galadriel
Elves of Middle-earth · Lothlórien
An Elven-queen of the Noldor, wielder of Nenya, and one of the wisest and most powerful figures remaining in Middle-earth.
Elrond
Elves of Middle-earth · Rivendell
Lord of Rivendell, keeper of the Elven-ring Vilya, loremaster and healer, and foster-father of Aragorn.
Arwen Undómiel
Elves of Middle-earth · Rivendell
Daughter of Elrond who chose mortality to wed Aragorn, uniting the lines of Lúthien and Beren.
Legolas Greenleaf
Elves of Middle-earth · Mirkwood
Son of Thranduil and the Elven archer of the Fellowship, whose friendship with Gimli breaks an old estrangement.
Thranduil
Elves of Middle-earth · Mirkwood
King of the Woodland Realm and father of Legolas, who imprisoned Thorin’s company and later fought at Five Armies.
Celeborn
Elves of Middle-earth · Lothlórien
Lord of Lothlórien, husband of Galadriel, and a Sindarin prince of Doriath.
Haldir
Elves of Middle-earth · Lothlórien
An Elf of Lothlórien who guides the Fellowship and later dies defending Helm’s Deep in the film adaptation.
Glorfindel
Elves of Middle-earth · Rivendell
A mighty Elf-lord of Rivendell and, in the First Age, a hero who fell fighting a Balrog.
Tauriel
Elves of Middle-earth · Mirkwood
A captain of the Woodland Realm’s guard created for Peter Jackson’s film trilogy.
Arondir
Elves of Middle-earth · The Southlands
A Silvan Elf created for the television series The Rings of Power.